Kongō

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Imperial Japanese Navy ship Kongō-class battleship battleship warship

Kongō was a Japanese Kongō-class fast battleship that served prominently in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Kongō canonical	3
Kongo	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Imperial Japanese Navy ship ⓘ Kongō-class battleship ⓘ battleship ⓘ warship ⓘ
armament	8 × 14-inch (356 mm) main guns ⓘ anti-aircraft guns ⓘ secondary 6-inch (152 mm) guns ⓘ torpedo tubes ⓘ
beam	31.0 m ⓘ
builder	Barrow-in-Furness shipyard ⓘ Vickers-Armstrongs ⓘ surface form: Vickers Limited
causeOfSinking	torpedoes from USS Sealion (SS-315) ⓘ
class	Kongō-class battlecruiser ⓘ surface form: Kongō-class battleship
commissioned	1913-08-16 ⓘ
constructionSite	Barrow-in-Furness ⓘ
convertedTo	fast battleship ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan
displacement	about 27000 long tons (standard, as built) ⓘ over 32000 long tons (full load, post-modernization) ⓘ
draft	9.7 m ⓘ
era	World War II warship ⓘ
fate	sunk ⓘ
flag	Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (variant as naval ensign) ⓘ surface form: Naval Ensign of the Empire of Japan
laidDown	1911-01-17 ⓘ
launched	1912-05-18 ⓘ
length	222.0 m ⓘ
lostWith	heavy loss of life ⓘ
maximumSpeed	about 30 knots ⓘ
namedAfter	Mount Kongō ⓘ
navalFleet	Combined Fleet ⓘ
notableFor	first Japanese capital ship built outside Japan ⓘ
operator	Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
participatedIn	Operation Z (Pearl Harbor attack plan) ⓘ surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor (support operations) Battle of Leyte Gulf ⓘ Midway operation ⓘ surface form: Battle of Midway (support operations) Battle of the Philippine Sea ⓘ Battle of Guadalcanal ⓘ surface form: Guadalcanal Campaign Indian Ocean raid ⓘ Naval Battle of Guadalcanal ⓘ Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War World War I ⓘ World War II ⓘ
propulsion	oil-fired boilers ⓘ steam turbines ⓘ
reclassifiedAs	battleship ⓘ
shipType	battlecruiser ⓘ fast battleship ⓘ
sunkIn	East China Sea ⓘ
sunkOnDate	1944-11-21 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle off Samar → notableJapaneseShip → Kongō ⓘ

Action off Samar → JapaneseNotableShip → Kongō ⓘ

Center Force → ship → Kongō ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kongo

Haruna → sisterShip → Kongō ⓘ